Non-refillable bottle.



No. 728,241. PATBNTBD MAY 19, 1903.

' c. W. JUNES an. J. WAGNER.

NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

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UNITED STATES' Patented May 19, vl'c'.

ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. JONES AND JESSE J. l/VAGNER, OF ST., JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. i

SBEQLFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,241, dated May 19, 1903.

Y application fuea February 15,1903. serrano. 143,596. (Nomads.)

scription of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which .form a part of this specification.

It is a Well-known fact that many bottles and similar receptacles containing choice liquids and stamped with the proprietors brand are frequently refilled with a spurious article and put upon the market as genuine.

By our invention we seekvto provide a receptacle or bottle into which after the original contents have been withdrawn it will be absolutely impossible to again force any liquid.

We attain our object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Y v Figure 1 is a vertical section ofthe device, the bottle being broken away at the bottom of the bottleneck. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device with its cap, the bottle being broken away. Fig. 3 is atop view of the disk. Figa is a cross-section ofthe lower end of the tube at line a a, and Fig. 5 is a cross-section of the valve-chamber at line h h.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout Vthe several views.`

4 A represents the neck o'f the bottle. ThisY neck, beginning at a point a short distance below its top, bears inward in batter form for a considerable distance, as shown in Fig. 1, so that its diameter is gradually lessened. In the neck at the line where it begins to narrow there is an annular interior groove or recess B. The top of this groove projects into the neck'horizontally and its side recedes at an angle.

O is a cork, preferably of the same diameter at top and bottom, which by reason of being pressed into the narrowed diameter of the neck is held the more firmly in position.

D is a tube through which the liquid is whose `periphery is of form'corresponding with said annular groove B, is adapted to be sprung into said groove. vThis disk has la circular opening b inits center and is adapted'to fit closely around said tube and press down solidly on the top of cork C, thereby aiding in preventing anywithdrawal of the.

cork from `the bottle-neck. Encompassing the lower end of this tube and extending below .it is an enlarged chamber J. The tube projects down vertically into 4,this chamber, preferably about one-third the height of the chamber. Upon the lower end of said tube there is soldered a circular plate K somewhat larger in 'circumference than the tube, its periphery kprojecting horizontally into said chamber to a line that is outside a line vertical with the circumference of said tube. This prevents the insertion down said tube of a wire or any instrument that can tamper with any part of the mechanism below said plate K. RigidlyY attached in the base of said chamber J there is a valve-tube O. The top of lthis valve-tube extends up to and sets, preferably, against said plate K, the plate thus separating tubes D and O. In the lower end of tube D there are openings P P,jdia metrically opposite each other and forming ports between said tube andthe chamber. In the valve-tube O there are four ports T T, set at equal distances apart and forming ports between said valve-tube and said chamber J. Saidvalve-tube carries a ball R of a size adapted to move freely therein. When the ball is in its normal position, it is at the bottom of the valve-tube, as shown in Fig. 1,

and closes the bottom of the tube.

It will be readily seen that the two sets of ports herein described will open up a continuous passage for the liquid from the interior to the exterior of the bottle when ball R is off its seat. It will be further seen that when IOO said ball is in its normal position, either by reason of the position of the bottle or by reason of air-pressure, if an attempt is made to force liquid into the bottle after it has been emptied of its first contents it will form a check-valve and prevent the entrance of such liquid.

The base of chamber J is flanged, forming a groove j, adapted to retain a cup-shaped flexible washer W, the purpose of which is to retain the contents of the bottle below the base of the washer or cup and prevent said contents passing up between the bottle-neck and said chamber` when the bottle is being emptied.

What we claim, and desire to secu re by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a non-refillable liquid-receptacle the combination with a bottle, of a neck a part whereof is of batter form, a cork of equal diameter from top to bottom adapted to be held in said batter portion of the neck and provided with a central vertical perforation, an annular recess in the bottle at the top of said batter section of the neck, the tube tted into said cork perforation and the collar on said tube adapted to hold the tube rigidly in place and the spring-metal disk provided with a circular opening and adapted to be sprung into said annular recess and press down on said cork, the whole forming a device nonremovable from said bottle-neck, substan- 'tially as described and for the purpose specified.

2. In a non-refillable bottle the combination of a neck, a section of which near its top has a batter slope, the interior annular horizoutal groove at the top of said section, the

cork having an equal diameter at top and' bottom pressed into said batter section of the neck and provided with a central perforation, the tube fitted within said perforation, the

spring-metal disk provided with a central opening and seated within said annular groove, the collar on said tube and adapted to be embedded in said cork, the enlarged chamber at the lower end of said tube, the rigidly-fastened plate on its lower end, the periphery of which projects into said chamber, the duplicate ports in said tube opening into said chamber, the Valve-tube seated in the base of said chamber and the ports therein forming outlets into the chamber, the flange at the base of said chamber and the washer adapted to be held thereby to prevent the escape of the contents of the bottle between the wall of the chamber and the bottle-neck, and the ball adapted to travel in the valvetube and close the base of said valve-tube,

substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a non-reillable bottle provided with a neck having a batter-section, an annular recess holding a disk, a cork perforated centrally and a tube held firmly therein by a collar, the enlarged chamber at the lower end thereof, the lower valve-tube, the plate at the base of the tube and its peripheral extension, the ball in the base of the valve-tube adapted to travel freely through said tube and also form a check-Valve, the ports in the tube and valve-tube permitting the free passage of liquid out of said bottle when the ball is at the upper part of the valve-tube, the anged base to said chamber and the washer held therein, substantially as described and shown.

4f. In a non-refillable bottle central in the neck thereof a tube passing through the cork and provided with a collar adapted to be embedded therein, an enlarged chamber, a lower valve-tube set vertically beneath the upper tube but separated therefrom by a plate rigidly attached to and closing the bottom of said upper tube, the ports in said tubes and the ball in the valve-tube forming when seated a check-valve, all substantially as described.

5. In a non-refillable receptacle the combination with the tube thereof of an enlarged chamber extending downwardly, the valvetube with its base rigidly attached at the bottom of said chamber, the ball seated in the open end of said valve-tube and adapted to travel in said tube, the plate rigidly fastened y on the bottom of the upper tube, the ports in the upper and lower tubes opening into said chamber and the washer adapted to prevent the liquid in the receptacle passing outside said chamber, substantially as set forth and shown.

6. In a non-refillable bottle the combination with the liquid outlet-tube, of the ports therein, the chamber at the base of said tube and the plate at the bottom of said tube whose periphery extends horizontally into said chamber beyond a line vertical with the circumference of said tube, thereby preventing the insertion of an instrument that may contact with the mechanism vertically below said tube, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof we aiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. JONES. JESSE J. WAGNER. Witnesses:

WILL FINDLEY, LnwIs TRACY.

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